Subway Washout: See Stations Drenched By The Storm

NEW YORK, NY — You might need an umbrella while waiting for your train home. The rough thunderstorm in New York City Tuesday afternoon created a deluge that washed out subway platforms and even train cars.

Several stations spouted waterfalls as the rain poured above ground. Twitter user Kristen Martin captured video of what she called a "Gorgeous new water fixture" in the Times Square hub — the subway system's busiest station.

Videos captured similar showers at the Dekalb Avenue L stop in Brooklyn, the 59th Street station in Midtown, a 1 train stop in Manhattan and the Longwood Avenue 6 stop in the Bronx.

Straphangers were forced to wade through huge puddles at the First Avenue stop on the L line, where one photo showed a trash-filled lake in front of a staircase. One barefooted woman clutched her shoes making her way up stairs at the same station.

Flooding at the Third Avenue-138th Street station in the Bronx halted 6 train service between 125th Street and Hunts Point Avenue Tuesday afternoon, according to the MTA's website.

Even the trains themselves weren't immune to the floods — some videos showed rain water splashing into cars through open doors.

The mess could continue into the evening commute. The city is under a flash flood watch until 10 p.m. and a chance of rain will stick around until early Wedneday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

New York City Transit, the MTA agency that runs the subway, took to Twitter to state the obvious: "Severe weather is causing flooding in some areas across the system."

"Please stay safe, NYC," the agency added/

Check out some straphangers' tweets showing the trouble the storm caused.

DO NOT TAKE THE BK BOUND L TRAIN FROM 1ST AVE @MTA pic.twitter.com/1HNmvK97yT
— CR (@charcrea) July" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/charcrea/s... 17, 2018

(Lead image: The storm created a trash-filled puddle at the First Avenue L train station. Photo from @charcrea/Used with permission)